Razor-blade holder



J. P. CRUISE. RAZOR BLADE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 23, I920.-

Patentedsepfi. 27, 1921.

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UNITED STATES lrosnrnr. CRUISE, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

RAZOR-BLADE HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept, 2'7, 1921,

Application filed October 23, 1920. Serial No. 418,962.

To all to ham it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrrr P. CRUISE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in a Razor-Blade Holder, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to razor blade holders and more particularly to adevice for holding the conventional form of razor blades for the pingthe same. v I

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a convenient holderinto WhlCh one of the razor blades may be placed whereupon a suitablemechanism may be operated for effecting a tight grip of the holder onthe blade so that it will be rigidly held to perform the stropping orhoning operation.

Another object of the invention is to provide a yieldable spring holderwhich will include mechanism adapted to actuate the gripping jaws sothat a tight grip may be exerted on the blade while it is being honed orstropped.

Other objects of the invention will appear upon consideration of thefollowing description and accompanying drawings, where1n:-

Figure 1 is a side elevation,

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section,

Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, showing themechanism on a large scale to more clearly disclose the essentialfeatures, and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the elements included in theinvention.

Referring to the drawing by numerals, the holder comprises a handle 1which is preferably formed of metaland which has arranged at one end theblade holder 2. The blade holder consists of two spring plates 3 and 4of a size to conveniently grip the razor blade 5. As shown in Fig. 3,the gripping plates 3 and 4 are slightly curved and are somewhat taperedso that the desired resiliency will be obtained. The two plates 3 and 4are connected by a transverse bearing plate 6 which is somewhat thickerthan the thickness of the gripping plates 3 and 4 to give thedesiredrlgidity to the holder. ;A central opening 7 in the portion 6 permits ascrew threaded stem or bolt 8 to be extended into the space between thetwo gripping plates 3 and 4. Attached to the inner surface of eachgripping plate is purpose of honing and stropand the screw threaded bolt8 is extended through an opening 13 in the top of the yoke member. Athumb nut 14 is then screw threadedly mounted on the extended end of thebolt as shown in the drawings and it will be noted that the grippingportions of the clamp plates 3 and 4 extend along the entire length ofthe blade 5 so as to effectively grip the same.

In operation, a blade will be placed between the gripping plates 3 and 4whereupon the thumb nut will be turned upon the screw threaded shank ofthe bolt to draw the bolt upwardly through the opening 7 thus causingthe two arms 9 and 10 to draw the gripping plates 3 and 4 toward eachother whereby the gripping ends of the plates may rigidly and firmlyclamp against the opposite surfaces of the blade and thereby firmly holdit in position so that the device may be used to strop one end of theblade. 7

Minor changes may be made in the details of construction withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the claimshereunto appended.

What is claimed is 1. A razor blade holder comprising a handle, grippingplates carried by the hendle, each comprising a curved member having aresiliency whereby the gripping portions of the plates tend to springtoward each other, a manually operated screw extending into the spacebetween the said gripping plates, and means carried by the screw andconnected to the plates whereby the said gripping plates may be drawntoward each other when the screw is manually operated to b drawnoutwardly of the space between the said plates.

2. A razor blade holder comprising a handle, a bearing plate carried bythe handle, a pair of gripping plates carried by the bearing plate andhavin their gripping portions in close rox lll y, a QI bo t adapted tobe adjusted through the bearing plate, and means carried by th screwbolt and connected to the gripping plates whereby the latter will bedrawn toward each other when the screw is adjusted outwardly throu h thesaid bearing plate.

3. K razor blade holder comprising a pair of curved gripping plates, abearing plate holding the connected ends of the gripping plates inspaced relation, a yoke member connected to the inner surfaces of thesaid gripping plates, and means mounted in the bearing plate andconnected to the said yoke whereby the said means may be, manually operaed, to; ausing the y to exert a pull on the inner surfaces of thegripping plates to draw them toward each other for fect ng a tig t gripn he razor b 4. A razor blade holder comprising a bearing plate, a screwmounted in the bear-- ing plate and provided with a thumb nut, a yokemember carried by the inner end of the screw, a pair of curved resilientplates,

the said yoke. member being connected to V the inner surfaces of theplates, whereby the said yoke may exert a pull on the plates when thesaid thumb nut is adjusted on the screw.

5. A razor blade holder comprising a v handle having a bearing plate atone end,

an adjusting screw mounted in the bearing plate and provided with athumb nut on its screw threaded end to engage the said bearing plate, ayokeacarried by the inner end of the said bolt and provided withparallel arms, a pair of resilient gripping plates carriedby the bearingplate, and havingthe said yoke arms connected thereto, whereby thegripping plates may be. drawn toward each other whenthe said thumb nutis op; erated on the screw to. draw, the, lattereutwardly through thsaid bearing plate,

In testimony whereof I have'afiixed my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOSEPH P; CRUISE; Witnesses:

EDWARD WILLIAMS, SAMUEL ZEPR;

